An experimental investigation into the effect of surfactants on air-water two-phase flow in minichannels

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels, 2005

Volumn PART A, Issue , 2005, Pages 615-624

  English, Nathan J ^a   Kandlikar, Satish G ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); HEAT EXCHANGERS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

GAS-LIQUID FLOW; LAMINAR-LAMINAR FLOW; MASS FLUXES; MINICHANNELS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 27744505186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icmm2005-75110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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